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Saturday, January 21, 2006

Japanese Stores Pull U.S. Beef Off Shelves

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Why is the US not testing all of its cattle for Mad Cow disease? And why do we continue to feed cows to cows, making them into carnivores/cannibals? The US government must think it is an acceptable risk for Americans to take.

Ten years from now, when people begin to die from these practices, there is going to be an uproar. But for now, Americans don’t seem to care enough about this issue to make it a priority. McDonald’s and some scientists are complaining that not enough is being done right now to prevent this disease, when there are still more things that can be done by the government. Unfortunately, the U.S. government doesn’t seem to think that preventing Mad Cow disease is as urgent a priority as Japan does.

We can only hope that the U.S. government gets lucky as it gambles with our lives.